According to this I do, even though I do come out occasionally and squint at the big bright day star. I just happened to be browsing through youtube and came across this very funny video of a guy going by the name of WhatYouOughtToKnow expounding on his experience with Linux.

Well Ubuntu at least. :) The video touches on most of the problems people have (or had, this video is over a year old) when trying to install Linux for the first time. He also humorously stereotypes Linux people and geeks/nerds.

In the end however he does say a very valid point. Linux, MacOSx and windows (purposely lower case to needle Gary :) are essentially the same in terms of user ability and what we technical people need to do to install and maintain them for the technically challenged. Although, he does state that Linux is most probably more stable.

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I've always been fascinated with graphics and wrote my first drawing program on the venerable apple ][e. After discovering the x86 IBM clones and wrangling my way into the computer industry I'm now immersed in work as a System Administrator, OS builder (linuxfromscratch) and general technohead.

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The Locutus has done a great job of creating a very friendly blog where we do try to look at both side of the equation (Well most of the time :))

I do enjoy my time here because I find most of the contributors to be serious computer guys first and OS tragics second.

Like you I rarely visit any other blogs be they Linux or MS. Both are generally chock-a-block full of wankers and on the MS blogs the OSS/FOSS guys spend all their time rubbishing anything at all about Windows and on other Linux sites the Windows guys just rubbish Linux for the sake of it.

There's no point to that.

Every OS has its good points and bad points and remarkably, all the main contributors here seem to recognise that.

I recommend PCLinuxOS because it is the Linux distro that, for me, 'just works'. It goes on like a breeze and functions like a dream.

I may be the resident Windows nerd but I use Windows because I want to make a living from my programming skills and Windows gives me a greater opportunity to do that. That is the extent of my preference.

I think Linux could be more popular if they weren't training their users to expect to get everything for free, IMHO that is the biggest reason that it hasn't thrived. It's a shame because it is a great OS.

Good advice can come from any source. And let me tell you something: I follow some blogs at ZDNet, including one from Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols that dabs with open source. And the Microsofties there are just trolls. They never contribute anything that could be helpful at all.

Here, on the other side, one can find fun and interesting stuff, including a recommendation for using PCLinuxOS that comes from a Windows guy! Isn't this the best way to mingle and make friends? Cheers! !***! Entry Link:
Do you live in mole city? !***!"

"Long-Time Mole here. I love that I can install and use more software free off the net than most windows users can imagine exists.

I'm going to be installing PCLinuxOS (thanks for the tip, Gary) for a friend who's run out of patience with windows and having to call in to Microsoft periodically because of frequent re-installs. We'll see if this stabilizes his system any. !***! Entry Link:
Do you live in mole city? !***!"